Rep. Dusty Johnson told reporters Friday that he wants to give President-elect Donald Trump the option to pursue the purchase of the Panama Canal.

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce a bill that would authorize the president to purchase the Panama Canal and put it under U.S. control, an acquisition that President-elect Trump has been pushing over the last several weeks. Johnson plans to ...

The act would authorize the purchase of the Panama Canal, which President-elect Donald Trump expressed interest in this week.

Just days after the idea of again taking control of the Panama Canal was pushed by president-elect Donald Trump, South Dakota representative Dusty Johnson has introduced a bill that would do just that.

South Dakota Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson's new bill is expected to aid Trump's goal of returning the Panama Canal to the U.S.

S.D., introduced the Panama Canal Repurchase Act, co-sponsored by 15 other House Republicans, amid President-elect Trump's concerns.

As it currently stands, The Canal is controlled by the Panama Canal Authority under the Panamanian government. Even without the purchase of the Canal, the 1977 treaty that gave the waterway to Panama authorized the US to intervene if the canal’s neutrality became jeopardized.

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce the Panama Canal Repurchase Act on Thursday, according to a report in The Hill. This falls in line with a goal of President-elect Donald Trump to put the U.S. back in control of the canal.

S.D., is introducing a bill which would allow President-elect Donald Trump to acquire the Panama Canal for the U.S. once inaugurated.

Dusty Johnson to publicly mull a run for governor ... U.S. secretary of state to begin negotiating the purchase of the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal is an important shipping lane for the U.S ...